February 18, 2026
Pension divestment: From funding crises to radical pension politics
Tom Fraser and Becca Steckle discuss how Canadian public pensions are funding in crises, pension divestment and the need for a radical pension politics.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
January 28, 2026
Oxfam Inequality Report 2026: Resisting the rule of the rich and protecting freedom from billionaire power
Lauren Ravon and Leila Sarangi discuss Oxfam’s annual inequality report, billionaire power, democratic erosion and what this means for Canada.
January 14, 2026
Venezuela, Canada and the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
In the season 10 premiere of the Courage My Friends podcast series, Vijay Prashad and Shaun Narine join Resh Budhu to discuss the US attack on Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and the implications for Canada and beyond.
December 18, 2025
December 10th Human Rights Day panel discussion: The ongoing struggle for rights in Canada
This episode features a panel discussion, the first of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Community Worker Program at George Brown College.
November 26, 2025
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence
In the latest episode of the Courage My Friends series, Cynthia Khoo, Jeff Doctor and Hadrian Mertons-Kirkwood discuss the dangers of Canada’s accelerated approach to artificial intelligence.
November 5, 2025
You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: Author Saeed Teebi on Palestine, writing and imagination
We are pleased to welcome award-winning author Saeed Teebi who speaks to us about his powerful new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times.
October 15, 2025
Bills C-2 and C-12: How Canada’s border security acts endanger refugee rights
Karen Cocq, Aisling Bondy and Alina Murad discuss the dangers to refugee rights and protections posed by the Carney Government’s new border Bills C-2 and C-12.
October 1, 2025
Crisis or scandal? The deliberate dismantling of Ontario’s public college system
In episode three of this latest season of the Courage My Friends series, Amanda Shaw, Martin Lee and Ben McCarthy discuss the deliberate dismantling of Ontario’s public college system by Ontario’s Ford government.
September 15, 2025
On September 20: Draw the line for people, for peace, for planet
In our latest installment of the Courage My Friends series, Janelle Lapointe, Lauren Latour and Rachel Small discuss the September 20th Draw the Line national day of action, the historic mobilization for people, for peace and for the planet.
September 3, 2025
Lawless: The complete decriminalization of abortion… only in Canada
In our season 9 premiere, nurse, scholar and author Martha Paynter discusses Canada’s unique approach to abortion and her new book, Lawless: Abortion Under Complete Decriminalization.
May 14, 2025
Palestine and the weaponizing of hunger and the climate crisis
Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban discusses the weaponization of food insecurity and the climate crisis against the Palestinian people.
April 16, 2025
Labour Fair 2025: Labour now: Union responses to the polycrisis
Laura Walton and Jeff Brown discuss education, trade wars and union responses to the polycrisis.